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PLEUSTONIC
Definition of PLEUSTONIC
adjective
Relating to the pleuston.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pleuston + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLEUSTONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PLEUSTONIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEILNOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found PLEUSTONIC?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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